Polkadot Ecosystem Weekly Digest. September 12th-18th/2022
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3 min readSep 18, 2022
Polkadot / Kusama
- Congratulations to Watr Protocol on winning the latest Polkadot Parachain auction!
- “The crypto space, especially technologically, is still quite early. We have embraced the idea that it is time for experimentation less so than standardization”. Listen to the full interview with Polkadot co-founder Robert Habermeier and CoinDesk.
- The Polkadot Hackathon (North America Edition) is finished now. Check this thread to meet its winners
OAK / Turing
- OAK Network partners with Web3Go for the “ACE Dashboard”. Users can now schedule future events, check the auto-compounding status, and display their wallet history all in one application. Try it out here.
- OAK has published a blog on TUR token Price Discovery and Crowdloan Rewards Evaluation.
- OAK has teamed up with Nova Wallet to make Trustless Auto-compounding available for the first time ever on mobile.
Pendulum / Amplitude
- The Pendulum & Amplitude Ambassador Program is open again. But with a twist: everyone now has a chance to chip in however they please and receive supportfrom the team.
SORA
- The registration for the 2nd Annual SORA Economic Forum is open. It will take place on September 23rd, 9:00–20:00 CEST.
- Discover SORA Card’s key features and more details ahead of its launch.
Astar / Shiden
- Astar is pleased to share an update on its massive initiative: building a Cross-Virtual Machine (XVM) to enable development across EVM and WASM smart contracts.
- ASTR became the first asset from the DotSama ecosystem to have a listing on BinanceUS.
Centrifuge / Altair
- Centrifuge is inviting users to mint their 2023 DeFi prediction as an NFT.
Moonbeam / Moonriver
- Following discussion & the seven-day open voting period, the proposal for the Interim Grants Program has been approved by the Moonbeam community, introducing a new process for issuing grants on the network.
- Since XCM went live on Kusama, Moonriver has launched & announced 10+ integrations with other pararchains, providing the infrastructure for novel use cases between chains. This thread highlights each one to date.
Bit.Country / Pioneer
- Bit.Country Pioneer App is finally live. You can try it now, no login is required.
Parallel Finance / Heiko
- HKO and CRAB tokens will soon be available on each other’s networks via XCM integration between Crab and Heiko.
- 5 lucky winners who correctly comment on what this announcement is about will receive 1000 PARA tokens each.
Equilibrium / Genshiro
- With the Closed Beta fast approaching, Equilibrium has launched its “How to Earn” series to help maximize users’ portfolio value.
Enjin / Efinity
- NFT Gaming is live on Efinity with MyMetaverse’s suite of games. The first playable NFT has been minted this week. Read more.
Energy Web
- Energy Web’s newsletter for September is now online. You can get the latest news, events, videos, and more, all in one place.
Crust / Shadow
- Crust Network’s CRU token became available for trading on Ofero Exchange.
- Crust Files landing page has been launched, allowing users to try their first Web3 cloud storage.
- Crust has partnered with MetaMirror to explore Web 3.0+ infrastructure and services together. Learn more.
Litentry / Litmus
- XCM integration between Crab and Litmus is now available. The Darwinia and Litentry teams will work together to explore some interesting use cases between parachains over time.
- KuCoin has opened the Litmus deposit service for LIT token.
- This motion proposed a new inflation model for Litmus. If passed, it will change the LIT tokenomics as in: 1.5% annual inflation rate in the first 6 months and 2.5% annual inflation rate afterwards.
